"move on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-move on.ogg [Australia] Forms: moves on [present, singular, third-person], moving on [participle, present], moved on [participle, past], moved on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move on (third-person singular simple present moves on, present participle moving on, simple past and past participle moved on)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue, to proceed, to go on Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Related terms: get a move on, get over, make a move on, move in on, on the move, put moves on Translations (to leave somewhere for another place): jatkaa (Finnish), προχωρώ (prochoró) (Greek), συνεχίζω (synechízo) (Greek), továbbmegy (Hungarian), továbbhalad (Hungarian), ayrılmak, başka yere gitmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-move_on-en-verb-urTa8QUO Disambiguation of 'to leave somewhere for another place': 71 29
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to start dealing with something else): siirtyä eteenpäin (Finnish), passer à autre chose (French), továbblép (Hungarian), lapoz (Hungarian), áttér (Hungarian), passare oltre (Italian), продвигаться (prodvigatʹsja) (Russian), başka konuya geçmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-move_on-en-verb-0VwUXTv~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 39 61 Disambiguation of 'to start dealing with something else': 3 97

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "roman": "prochoró",
      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
      "word": "ayrılmak, başka yere gitmek"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "siirtyä eteenpäin"
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      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "továbblép"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "lapoz"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "áttér"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "passare oltre"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodvigatʹsja",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "продвигаться"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "başka konuya geçmek"
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